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Necker Island award same price, but harder to get

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Update: A few years after this post was written, the award price for a week on Necker Island increased to 1.5 million points. After my...
Better than 2% cards

Credit cards with better than 2% rewards for non-bonus spend

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Which credit card should you use to maximize rewards?  In general, if you've signed up for a credit card recently and need to meet...
pay federal taxes with a credit card

(EXPIRED) Complete guide to paying taxes via credit card, 2017 edition

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Preparing taxes is no fun.  No fun at all.  But paying taxes doesn't have to be painful.  In fact, paying federal taxes can be...
Ritz Offer

Ritz offer dropping from 3 to 2 free nights.

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Yesterday I told you about the soon to be gone Fairmont 2 free night offer.  At the moment there are still a couple of...
Fairmont Visa

Fairmont Visa Links Gone [Previously: The other Chase card you should consider today]

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UPDATE: She's dead Jim.  All known links are now dead. UPDATE: Reader Stuart contributed this working link:  Application Link 1 And here's another link courtesy of...
Game World of Hyatt Prestige

Can you game the World of Hyatt with your Citi Prestige card?

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Beginning March 1 2017, Hyatt will dump their Gold Passport loyalty program in favor of the new World of Hyatt.  To get caught up...
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Southwest Business 60K Offer is Back!

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The Chase Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Premier Business Card is now available with a 60,000 point after $3K spend signup offer! Points earned from Southwest...
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Why Amtrak? Alaska? Virgin Atlantic? The reasons behind my application spree.

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In my recent posts "My end of year App-No-Rama application spree. 147K and counting." and the follow-ups "Chase IHG was the +1 at my...
BOA cards

Results of my end of year application spree

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A couple of weeks ago I reported my end of year application spree.  With a single card issuer, I started with one application, then...
Curing 5/24

Curing 5/24

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Recent developments have made me think more about Chase's 5/24 Rule (where they deny applicants who have opened 5 or more cards in the...
Sapphire Reserve 100K to 50K

Sapphire Reserve bonus to drop to 50K Jan 12th online, March 12th in-branch

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The Chase Sapphire Reserve card has a lot going for it, not least of which is its awesome 100,000 point signup bonus.  Soon, however,...
2017 miles & points predictions

Frequent Miler’s 2017 miles & points predictions

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Welcome to 2017!  This year, a credit card that is losing old benefits will gain new ones; some of the best loyalty programs deals...
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The Most Popular Frequent Miler Posts of 2016

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As 2016 winds down, I figured it would be interesting to see which Frequent Miler posts and pages grabbed the most eyeballs this year. ...
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Finishing 2016 miles & points to-dos

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2016 is almost over.  As I prepared for holiday travel, I surveyed the miles & points related things to do to see what tasks...

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